Everything I read said that for beautifully balanced pots, one needs
a thriller, or a plant that spikes up and adds interest,
a filler, flowers that fill in the spots and add prettiness,
and a spiller, something that spills out of the planter.

I purchased all of my plants at Lowes.

Back at home I filled the buckets up with potting soil.
In the soil, I then carved out holes for the plants so that the top of the roots of the plant
is even with the top of the soil in the planter.
Then I tucked soil all around the plants.
I repeated this same process with every flower I planted.

I stacked a skinny bucket onto the large round one.

I put a clay pot in the bottom bucket upside down

for the top bucket to have

something stable to sit on.

I placed the buckets onto a vintage crate

my mother in law gave me.

Next to that I placed 2 smaller pots into a little red wagon.

I placed a cage type thing in the pot on the right

so the sweet potato vine with have

something to climb on.

I love this little cooler!

I didn't want to put holes in the bottom of this,

so I used a bucket with holes in the

bottom as a planter and set that inside the cooler.

For thriller plants I chose Spike Dracaena.
For filler, I chose Petunias, Dusty Miller and Vinca.
For spiller, I chose Sweet potato vine and Setcreasea.

I also planted some marigolds
(in addition to all of my perenials that I've planted over the years)
in my front garden. I can't wait until all of the plants grow and it all fills in!

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